No Labels Is Helping a Firm that Raises Money for Right-Wing Extremists
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.No Labels is a political outfit that hails political centrism, calls for bipartisanship, and is considering running an independent ticket in the 2024 presidential election that could end up spoiling President Joe Biden’s reelection bid. On…
An Appalling Moment, Even by Fox News’ Standards
Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In his first speech following his arrest on Tuesday, Donald Trump hit on a series of talking points. Hunter Biden and Burisma. Hillary Clinton’s emails. Bill Clinton’s sock drawer. But for people who watched the speech on…
The Trump Indictment: Another Sign the GOP Is Addicted to Trump
Chuck Burton/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.How long is this going to last? The Republican Party just cannot stop excusing Donald Trump’s wrongdoing. It happens again and again. Trump engages in serious misconduct, and the base of the GOP and most of its…
The Koch-Funded Group Undermining US Clean Energy Goals
Charles Koch’s foundation has donated nearly $5 million to the TPPF.David Zalubowski/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the scramble before the recent end of Texas’s legislative session, a must-pass bill was amended to impose new costs upon renewable energy. This came amid a barrage of…
The GOP’s “But Her Emails” Crowd Has Had No Problem Defending Trump Over Classified Docs
Kyle Mazza/Sipa USA via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The latest indictment against Donald Trump marks an unprecedented moment in American history. But for some, the history-making federal charges over his mishandling of classified documents also carry an element of comeuppance, as the…
Left Out of Pat Robertson’s Obits: His Crazy, Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory
Pat Robertson during a presidential candidate forum at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 2015. Steve Helber/AP Editor’s note: The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but…